Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

I go around the country, and I speak to colleges, conferences and thousands of people at a time, and I'm like, 'Great. Fine. Whatever.' Coming to speak to about 60 kids, I am scared to death.

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves.

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

I get unreasonably nervous before talk shows.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.